Friday, May 26, 2017

Giro, Stage 19: Trouble?

Since I paint these pieces in real time, I wasn't sure why Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) was letting a small gap open between himself and his general classification rivals. I was reminded of a Lance Armstrong ploy in the Tour de France. He mugged for the camera about how tired he was, and road at the back of the peloton. The news got to his rivals and they hit the front and road hard, burning teammates as they did. Later he attacked his diminished rivals and won the stage. Was Dumoulin doing a similar ploy? Given his words about he riding of Quintana and Nibali after yesterday's stage, I wouldn't put it past him. He does have his lieutenant, Simon Geschke, with him, so all may still be well. Gregor Muhlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe) was happy to have some motivate wheels to follow.

This is a small watercolors and ink painting measuring just 4"x6" and was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes fromwww.richesonart.com. This painting and all of my Olympics artwork will be available through my artist website at www.greigleach.com. To purchase this particular painting just follow the direct link at the end of this post. It is only $75 USD and international shipping is available.

About Me

I am a well established artist with an extensive exhibition resume throughout the eastern United States and am represented in numerous public, corporate and private collections both in the United States and Europe. I am also a fan of cycling and bicycle racing having raced in amateur cycling events in the 70s, long before the sport become popular in the US. You can see more of my non-cycling art at www.greigleach.com or follow me on facebook at www.facebook.com/greigsartand then there is the current Giro d'Italia/cycling art project, theartofcycling.blogspot.com